Robert Plant Is a Fan of Greta Van Fleet

posted by Andrew Magnotta -
1 month ago

Nobody doubts that Greta Van Fleet can play the heck out of some rock 'n' roll, but the one criticism of the Michigan-based band of 19 through 21-year-olds is that the group sounds an awful lot like Led Zeppelin did on its first couple of albums.

The members of Greta Van Fleet haven't shied away from the comparison, however; they're avowed Zeppelin fans—and GVF singer Josh Kiszka takes the Robert Plant comparisons as a massive compliment.

Until recently, the question remains: do the surviving members of Led Zeppelin believe Greta Van Fleet is a tribute or a ripoff?

Josh told the show that he developed his voice much the way Plant did, as a way to hear himself in the mix over an extremely loud band.

"I had to come up with something," he said. "In the garage you've got only so much to work with—these little monitors. It's like, 'Well, how am I supposed to sing over that?' You know, that sound that they were creating."

Watch the full "Out of the Box" interview and performance of an acoustic version of "Black Smoke Rising" below.

Greta Van Fleet's impressive first single, "Highway Tune," released last March, was penned "as an ode to that appreciation for rock 'n' roll music" at its finest, Josh said at the time, according to The Pulse of Radio.